The Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann reenactments of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are wonderful and was and still is very famous for its use of words and the plot of the play itself. All though there are many differences between these two films there are many similarities to the reenactments. The characters from the films had many things in common the character were very funny with their acting and put emotions into their part. The plot line between the two films was very different but had many similarities, the plot was the same by the Montague and Capulet running into each other and then starting an argument leading to a conflict many moments later. The family feud is a strong and very hostile emotion between these two…
The first noticeable major difference is how the story is told. In the novel, Jon Krakauer writes from his own point of view, providing his own input and opinions on McCandless, while the film is told in his sister’s point of view; she is scarcely mentioned in the novel, aside from the fact that Chris was very fond of her. The shift in narrators in a way limits the amount of information that can be delivered to the audience. Though the narration by Chris’s sister adds a more…
Despite possessing varying fortes, both Zeffirelli and Luhrmann are renowned for creating remarkable movies based on Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. The contrasting films are very different, including settings with a large time gap, instrumental and vocal music choices, but most visually notable, the costumes. Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s interpretations of Romeo are portrayed through his costuming, illustrating how differing personalities are derived from the same role. Before the Capulets’ party, Romeo claims, “I do love a women,” referring to Rosaline (1.1.212). However, in the same day, after he sees Juliet, he declares “I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (1.5.60). Zeffirelli analyzes those two lines and dresses Romeo in a predator-like mask…
I liked the movie better. I personally did not really like the ending of the book. A. Square got to see the 3rd dimension, something no one except the council knew about. I thought there was going to be a big revelation at the end of the book, but instead he gets thrown into jail and basically forgotten. It was like nothing happened. Not even his grandson found out.…
Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have both directed a film version of Romeo and Juliet very well, but a movie can not capture everything from the book. So, which movie portrayed the book better? There are aspects of both movies that portray the book better. For example, there could one movie could show the character's personality better than the other one or one movie can show the city of Verona better than the other movie did. Small details of a scene could make a scene in one movie a lot better than on the other. Even the smallest of things like the way the characters are dressed could impact the entire scene. In some scenes, the Baz Luhrmann movie portrayed the book better because of the small details…
The book is more emotional and gives lots of detail.The movie gives you a visual of what's happening and skips the critical feature.…
Some actors acted and appeared entirely different in the movie than the book. The directing and special effects were okay in some scenes, but half-baked and lousy in others. Furthermore, the characters are developed far less in the film and many semi-important scenes in the novel are excluded in the film. Do not watch this movie unless you have read the novel (or even if you have read it). If you haven’t read the book and decide to watch the movie instead, you will fail to understand the complicated relationships between each character and between the Socs and Greasers and just think the movie is substandard and all aspects of the movie lacked in action, emotion, or just seemed like they were not well thought out. A 3.5/10 may seem harsh, but I was not pleased. Just go read the book instead. It had the potential to be a great film, but severely missed the…
Another stark difference within the movie is how Caroline dies. In the novel, Caroline dies of scarlet fever after nursing her beloved Elizabeth back to health. In the movie, Caroline dies while she is giving birth to Victor's little brother, William. In the novel, when Victor goes to school in Ingolstadt, he is never visited by Elizabeth. Instead he is isolated from his friends and family for close to six years. The movie really seems to dampen the theme of isolationism by showing Elizabeth and Henry Clerval visiting Victor in Ingolstadt. After the monster is created, Victor falls ill. In the novel, only Clerval arrives in Germany to nurse Victor…
While having the option to read the novel, The Cay or watch the movie, The Cay I would rather read the book. I believe the book, by Theodore Taylor, is better because of the fact that there is far more details of the adventure that Phillip and Timothy had in the book than in the movie, produced by Walter Seltzer. I also can see in the movie that there is a very low budget for the movie. I also believe that the fact that you can read Philip's mind it makes that story that much better and shows how much prejudice has to do with the whole story, while in the movie you never really know how prejudice Phillip is. It is almost like the movie was cut to the raft, sped through on the raft, told the whole story for the most part of while on the cay,…
First of all, one of the biggest reasons the movie is better than the book is because of the quality of the flashbacks. In the book the flashbacks were more set in the past and much longer, sometimes too drawn out and a little boring for how much background story there is for just one day dream, whereas in the movie the daydreams are a bit shorter but more set in the present and more affect by what he does in that moment with little background because of how short they are and how close to the present they may be. The daydreams are usually much more exciting in the movie as well, whereas in the book it's set back to just a boring doctor surgery, that was…
One thing in particular that the book does much better is making use of complex metaphors and themes, such as: the river for life, and oneness with nature, that string themselves together as you turn each page of the book, while in the movie the metaphors and symbolism are represented in a much different way through picture. In the book, both themes regarding the river are very vivid and clear, as they use strong imagery of nature to draw pictures in the minds of the readers. In the movie both themes are represented and referred to much less because of the lack of narration.…
Why I think the moviemaker chose those difference between the book and the movie was because in the book there was a narrator to tell you specific things. The narrator is there to tell some background information and make sure you get a better grasp of what’s taking place. So I feel as if in the movie they wanted you to pay closer attention to what was happening. And you have to have some differences between the two. While in the movie you can see more action and can sometimes explain things better by acting out, rather than being written out.…
In conclusion, the two movies are different and similar in many ways. In all reality, both movies have their strong and weak points. While the newer movie is strong in supporting detail, the newer movie is strong in giving the fewer the feel of the movie. The older generation may like the older version and the younger generation can like the newer version better. Both are impressive movie and has some life lessons within each…
The book also was more interesting than the film because it better described what was going on and when it was going to happen. The book was better because it helped imagine the city and what the characters looked like and The City of Ember. While reading the book dose not say the city was underground so nobody knew that the city was underground, but in the movie it tells everyone clearly that Ember was underground. When Lina and Doon first got their job they went places around Ember that the book did not know so they made everybody imagine what those parts of the city looked like. That is why the book is better than the film.…
The first one I watched was by Franco Zeffirelli. Zeffirelli is well known for making Shakespeare plays into movies and making them very accurate to the play. This case was not an exception, Zeffirelli made his version of Hamlet very accurately. He made it in the right period of time, and he rarely missed a scene. Although one part of the play that was missing was the whole story about Fortinbras. The beginning was also different from the play. In the movie, he began with a funeral for King Hamlet, as opposed to the guards seeing King Hamlet's ghost. I think the way Zeffirelli made the movie very accurate to Hamlet was the way he made set look so much like it should in that time period. The castle that was used was very dark looking also, which made the movie more tragic. The performances by the actors in this movie were very intense and true to the characters. I felt that this movie was exactly how I would have pictured Hamlet played out in my head.…